On October 25, 2021, John D’Esposito, the founder of The Bamboozle musical festival, revealed that he had attempted to convince Brand New to reform and play the 2023 edition of the festival, but the band declined his request.
On 17 October 2021, Alvin Gibbs announced on Facebook that “Charlie Harper, Steve Straughan and I have decided Jamie Oliver will no longer continue as drummer for the UK Subs” over “his post seemingly celebrating the tragic and abhorrent death of Conservative MP , David Amess “. Anti-Pasti drummer Kevin…
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In September 2021, the band released an EP called I’m a Believer which also featured “She’s the Reason” from Punk Rock Menopause and the unreleased track “(There Ain’t No) Just One Beer”. In May 2022, the band reached the top 30 of Mike Read ‘s Heritage Chart on Talking Pictures…
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In May 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and September 2021, the band played at the Slam Dunk Festival in Leeds and Hatfield, United Kingdom.
For the 30th anniversary of Nevermind , in September 2021, the BBC broadcast the documentary When Nirvana Came to Britain , featuring interviews with Grohl and Novoselic.
That month, a 30th-anniversary edition of Nevermind was announced, containing 70 previously unreleased live tracks from four concerts and a Blu-ray of Live in Amsterdam .
The band released their third studio album, Umbra , on August 27, 2021. Vocalist Collin Walsh describes the project as “the record where [they] began to truly figure [themselves] out,” noting that the record “feels like the most authentic version” of the band. Standout songs include the emotional “Live Again,”…
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On August 4, 2021, during the Hella Mega Tour, the band announced that they would not be performing at New York’s Citi Field , Boston’s Fenway Park due to one of the band’s team members testing positive for COVID-19.
The album Nice One took 4 months to write. Catbite performed selections from the album live in July 2021 at a WXPN Free At Noon concert. This performance was then picked up by NPR’s World Cafe podcast for a mini-concert series.
In July 2021, after over a year without any updates, the band announced via Facebook that the film was still in production but that the band has “a new rhythm section.” The band at that same time released their first new song in seven years: a cover of Metallica ‘s…
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